‘Happy Valley’ Star And ‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Will Bring Shakespeare’s Life Story To Screen
deadline.comFresh from her ratings triumph in the third and final series of Happy Valley, its star Sarah Lancashire is teaming up with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to bring the story of William Shakespeare’s First Folio to screen.
The Times reports that the pair are in the initial stages of creating a series about Shakespeare’s life, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of his first work.
The series will be made by Kudos, who previously created Knight’s series about the origins of British elite forces, SAS Rogue Heroes.
The tireless Knight also penned the BBC’s recent dramatisation of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations. No broadcaster is yet attached to the story of the Bard, but Lancashire, who recently created a production company with her husband, said: “Via Pictures are very pleased to be collaborating with Kudos and the brilliant Steven Knight to screen the remarkable story of William Shakespeare.
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